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The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Procurement System of the Defense Department.

The House agreed to H.R. 5247, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various pro…

The House Armed Services Comte had a hearing on the Defense Acquisition Policy.

The House agreed to the Coelho motion to table the Walker motion to discharge the Committee on Armed Services from further consideration of H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act for …

The House passed S. 2560 to amend the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. Also the House agreed to H. Res. 521 providing for the consideration of a bill relating to the Omnibus …

Under suspension of the rules the House passed the following measures among others: H.R. 3763 to amend the U.S. code relating to foreign sovereign immunity with respect to certain activities…

Witnesses testified about the administration’s proposal for compensating the families of victims in the July 3 downing of Iranian air flight 655 by the USS Vincennes. Mrs. Sadeghi is t…

The committee held a hearing on potentially improperly-awarded defense contracts, in response to a joint Federal Bureau of Investigation and Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigatio…

The committees held a hearing on the U.S. military’s role in drug interdiction. Some weeks prior to the hearing, both the Senate and House had passed bills increasing the military’s role in …

CR, pp. H4001-4072. The House voted to suspend rules and pass five bills that were debated on Tuesday, June 7. A message was read from the president wherein he transmits his proposed pro-lif…

The committee heard testimony on strategic arms reduction talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

The subcommittee and panel heard testimony from Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci on military installation closures. This video includes the original advertisements that aired in 1988.

The subcommittee heard testimony on allegations that the Republic of Korea was producing M-16 rifles beyond the maximum allowed number specified in an agreement between the United States and…

CR pp. H2705-H2758. The House continued consideration of H.R. 4264,the Defense Authorization Act; but came to no resolution. The House agreed to the McMillan of North Carolina amendment expr…

The House agreed to debate H.R. 3932, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for a more orderly transfer of executive power. The House passed H.R. 3396, to provide for t…

The House agreed to H. Res. 399, affirming that the House of Representatives recognizes Eric Arturo Delvalle as the President of Panama, and called upon General Noriega to comply with Presid…

Secretary of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified to the committee about the Reagan Administration’s FY89 defense budget proposal. Secretary Carlucci stressed the Defense Departm…